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===Parenting Orders and Contact Orders=== | ===Parenting Orders and Contact Orders=== | ||
The biggest change in [https://www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/BillDetails.aspx?Language=E&billId=9868788 Bill C-78] is about how we talk about parenting after separation. Say goodbye to "custody" and "access." | The biggest change in [https://www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/BillDetails.aspx?Language=E&billId=9868788 Bill C-78] is about how we talk about parenting after separation. Say goodbye to "custody" and "access." Instead, we'll be talking about: | ||
<blockquote>'''Parenting time''', which is the schedule of the time the children spend with each spouse. Each spouse has exclusive authority to make day-to-day decisions affecting a child during their parenting time with that child.</blockquote> | |||
<blockquote>''' | <blockquote>'''Decision-making responsibility''', which is about making decisions about important aspects of the children's lives, like where they go to school, how they get treated when they get sick, what sports and other activities they'll be involved in, or if they will be raised in a religion.</blockquote> | ||
<blockquote>''' | <blockquote>'''Contact''', which is the time someone other than a spouse spends with the children.</blockquote> | ||
Parenting time and contact are what the old ''Divorce Act'' meant by "access." Decision-making responsibility is sort of what the old Act meant by "custody," but really is a lot more about the rights and responsibilities involved in being a guardian just like "parental responsibilities" in the ''[[Family Law Act]]''. | |||
Together, orders about parenting time and decision-making responsibility are called '''parenting orders'''. A '''parenting plan''', on the other hand, means the parts of a written agreement between spouses that talk about parenting time and decision-making responsibility. | Together, orders about parenting time and decision-making responsibility are called '''parenting orders'''. A '''parenting plan''', on the other hand, means the parts of a written agreement between spouses that talk about parenting time and decision-making responsibility. | ||